Armstrong

American  

[ahrm-strawng] / ˈɑrmˌstrɔŋ /

noun

1. (Daniel) Louis Satchmo, 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.

2. Edwin Howard, 1890–1954, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor: developed frequency modulation.

3. Henry Henry Jackson, 1912–88, U.S. boxer: world featherweight champion 1937–38; world lightweight champion 1938–39; world welterweight champion 1938–40.

4. Lance, born 1971, U.S. cyclist with seven consecutive victories (1999–2005) in the Tour-de-France.

5. Neil A., 1930–2012, U.S. astronaut: first person to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969.

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Armstrong British  

/ ˈɑːmˌstrɒŋ /

noun

1. Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio

2. ( Daniel ) Louis, known as Satchmo. 1900–71, US jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer

3. Gillian. born 1950, Australian film director; her films include My Brilliant Career (1978), Little Women (1994), and Charlotte Gray (2001)

4. Neil ( Alden ). 1930–2012, US astronaut; commanded Apollo 11 on the first manned lunar landing during which he became the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969

5. Lance . born 1971, US cyclist, winner of 7 Tour de France titles, 1999–2005; stripped of the titles in 2012 and banned for life, having been found to have used banned substances

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Example Sentences

"For more than 25 years, we have had people in space, 24/7/365," added Horack, who now holds the Neil Armstrong Chair in aerospace policy at Ohio State University.

From Barron's

“So, forgive us, if we have skepticism of any claims of self defense,”according to Tooson, who is representing Porter’s mother, Franceola Armstrong.

From Los Angeles Times

In music, we meet Louis Armstrong, who as a boy worked and stayed with a Jewish family, and wore a Star of David, and his manager Joe Glaser.

From Los Angeles Times

Originally composed by Waller for a Harlem revue called “Connie’s Hot Chocolate,” it moved to Broadway with Louis Armstrong performing the rousing trumpet solo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Burrows and Armstrong will speak afterwards and take questions.

From BBC